Tuesday

The St. Vincent's soccer team advanced to the GHSA Class 2A Final Four with a 5-0 win at Union County on Tuesday.

Anna Grace Summerlin scored a pair of goals and Emma Beddow and Sophie Winters each had a goal and assist for the Saints, while Anna Fife also scored a goal for the two-time defending state champions.

The Saints (15-5) will be on the road to face Bremen in a semifinal game next Tuesday at a time to be announced.

The team left school at 8 a.m. to travel to Blairsville in north Georgia, just south of the North Carolina border. They were due back at 2 a.m. Wednesday.

"In the first half, we weren't playing our usual solid style," SVA coach Tess Tvrdy said. "But in the second half, we started possessing, passing and communicating so much better. Everything came together, we played so much cleaner and our defense came up with its A game."

The Islands girls season came to an end with a loss at Westminster in the Class 3A quarterfinals. The Sharks finished the season with a record of 13-3.

LACROSSE

STARR'S MILL 17, BENEDICTINE 11

The Benedictine lacrosse team got off to a slow start in its second-round playoff match with visiting Starr's Mill. Despite responding with s strong fourth quarter, the Cadets saw their season come to an end in a loss to the Panthers.

BC ended a successful campaign with a 16-3 record. Starr's Mill (12-7) advanced to the GHSA Class A/5A quarterfinals, where it will face the winner of Wesleyan/Westminster later this week.

Trailing 16-4 entering the fourth quarter, the Cadet offense started to click as BC outscored the Panthers 7-4 in the final stanza.

Bryce Clark assisted on a goal by Colin Hogan, and Aidan Coleman set up Hogan for another goal a minute later. Coleman scored on a pass from Michael Mowers, and Hogan hooked up with Coleman for another score. Coleman fed Charlie Newman for the final goal of the season, as BC closed out strong.

"It's hard to end the season with a loss, but unless you win a championship that's how it goes," BC coach Peter Newman said. "When you prepare, you need to execute — and it took us until the second half to figure things out, but then we started playing with confidence. Starr's Mill is a storied program, and that's the kind of team we're aspiring to be. I'm very proud of how hard we worked all year. We had a great season."

Coleman had five goals and two assists, and Hogan had four assists and a pair of goals. Newman had four goals for the Cadets.

It was an emotional scene after the game and players shared the moment with teammates and coaches.

"I think we stopped focusing on what Starr's Mill was doing and started playing our own game in the second half," said Hogan, a senior who played his final high school match. "We played for each other in the second half. I've been playing with a lot of the guys since the seventh grade. We hate to go out like this, but if we're going to go out — we went out together, as a team."